Single Appeal Maintainable Against Common Judgment in Suit and Counter-Claim: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has clarified an important procedural aspect under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, holding that a single appeal is maintainable against a common judgment passed in a suit and its counter-claim. The Court observed that since both the suit and counter-claim culminate in one composite judgment and decree, multiple appeals are not required, provided statutory requirements relating to valuation and court fee are duly complied with.…